Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, Court Rules

Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by ikeboy on Friday July 01, 2016 @11:36AM (#12016952)

>If an Elbonian comes to US and breaks to your house is it okay because in their country there are no lock on the doors, just a lot of mud, so breaking is not a crime? This is the logic here, as I see it.

If they came to the US they would be subject to US jurisdiction. Hackers from other countries aren't, at least not always.

Edit: I mean prosecution. Jurisdiction applies whenever there are effects in the US, see link below.

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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by deno on Friday July 01, 2016 @11:44AM (#12017050)

This is my point though. The US government claims they have jurisdiction when it suits them. Guccifer is still in the news and fresh on everyone’s mind.

Personally it never made sense to me how one can be subject to some random foreign country’s law by just using the Internet. But if that’s the doctrine it should at least be applied consistently.

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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by ikeboy on Friday July 01, 2016 @11:56AM (#12017186)

I spoke incorrectly above. They always have jurisdiction if there was damage in the US. The point is that they can't get access to the person if they don't have an extradition treaty with the country they're in, but that's not jurisdiction, my mistake.

See http://www.kktg.net/Notes/hacking-jurisdiction/ which explains this.

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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by deno on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:26PM (#12017486)

Thanks for the link. It’s an interesting read.

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